Tag: aviation biofuels
Major Montreal meet-up on aviation biofuels
Tweet In Canada, around 200 delegates from 44 countries are meeting in Montréal today, in a meet-up organized by the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG), to explore: the commercialization of aviation biofuels; the balanced approach to reducing noise for aircraft operations; and the reforms needed to realize the potential efficiencies in air traffic management. The [...]
Flying the Aussie BioSkies
Tweet What’s up with Australia and aviation biofuels? The kangaroos are flying, for sure, and perhaps only feedstock woes could get in the way. In the world of biofuels there is no sector as active as military and aviation biofuels in terms of willing customers. At the Low Carbon Fuel Conference, held over two days [...]
“Clean, green options lacking as airlines seek alternatives to petroleum.”
Tweet Today on Twitter. TomasJelonek: Achievements Towards Blue-Green Algae Making Biofuels: GreenTechPR: DoD’s Biofuels Program will generate up to $20B in economic activity by 2020 while creating as many as 14,000 jobs bioenergycrops: The harvest period for lignocellulosic crop, crucial aspect EEPublishing: Clean, green options lacking as airlines seek alternatives to petroleum — in #Greenwire
Speakers, program announced for Aviation & Military Biofuels Leadership Summit at ABLC 2013
Tweet CAAFI, FAA, US Navy, DOE, USDA, Australian Initiative for Sustainable Aviation Fuels, AIREG, European Commission, United Airlines, Airlines for America, Lufthansa, Virgin Australia among the mix. ABLC’s special aviation meeting — planned in partnership with CAAFI, Airlines For America and Biofuels Digest. A central part of ABLC is the annual Aviation & Military Biofuels [...]
“Biofuels (re)gain favor.”
Tweet Today on Twitter. DanHill_DC: Biofuels (re)gain favor | Congressional Negotiators Drop Biofuel Restrictions in U.S. Defense Bill – ScienceInsider 6esm: Saudi and Indian firms team for bio-fuel plant – heneely: CN Rail vows cooperation in mystery train probe (trainload of biofuels repeatedly crossed border in green credit scam) Acommodity: Corn Trading News: Corn falls [...]
Neste Oil to produce aviation biofuels
Tweet In Finland, Neste Oil announced that it has joined the Initiative Towards Sustainable Kerosene for Aviation (ITAKA) project, which is being funded by the EU to support the commercialization and use of renewable aviation fuel in Europe. Neste Oil’s role in the consortium will be to produce the renewable fuel used in the project. [...]
Defense bill done: biofuels survive
Tweet Unofficial reports indicate that biofuels provisions have survived a House-Senate conference over the Defense bill. According to sources, House and Senate conferees have finished work on their conference report on the National Defense Authorization Act. Sources indicate that House language prohibiting DOD spending on biofuels has been removed and replaced with a requirement that [...]
“How can algae be converted into biofuel?”
Tweet Today on Twitter. Discovery: How can algae be converted into biofuel? Learn here. ProbWithPalmOil: Bad, bad news: E.U. OKs Biofuels Produced From Certified #PalmOil blackwellmark: Despite Setbacks, Investor Is Bullish on Clean Technology 7SummitsGreen: In Race To Develop Aviation Biofuels, Midwest Wants To Win
Senate roll-call on military aviation biofuels: the geography of support
Tweet In Washington, the US Senate voted 62-37 in favor of an amendment offered by Senator Mark Udall of Colorado to repeal section 313 of the annual Defense appropriations bill. Section 313 language, which was offered by Senator Inhofe and adopted in Committee, prohibits DOD from procuring alternative fuels if they cost more than their [...]
Affordable Naval biofuel: First comes the feedstock
Tweet Is the US government right in aiming to commercialize aviation biofuels production – or should it be aimed at ensuring affordable feedstock? Pain at the pump. $5 gasoline in California. $8 gasoline in the EU. We hear about it all the time. But in biofuels, the pain comes long before the pump. It arrives [...]
